Cecil B. DeMille
Biography
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker, known as a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-directors of his time, and one of the most influential filmmakers in history. Between 1914 and 1956, he made seventy feature films; all but seven were profitable. Cecil B. DeMille is synonymous with religious epics: The King of Kings, Samson and Delilah, and The Ten Commandments (1956). He blended specta…
Known For
Sunset Boulevard
Cecil B. DeMille
The Ten Commandments
Narrator (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
Executive Producer
Hail Satan?
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Samson and Delilah
Narrator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
Director
Union Pacific
Director
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Filmography
Acting (49)
Movies (44)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
2020as Self (archive footage)
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
2020as Self
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016as Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003as Self
The Casting Couch
1995
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975as Self (archive footage)
The Buster Keaton Story
1957as Cecil B. DeMille
The Ten Commandments
1956as Narrator (uncredited)
The Fallbrook Story
1952as Self, Introduction
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
1952as Photographer (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950as Cecil B. DeMille
Samson and Delilah
1949as Narrator (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Variety Girl
1947as Cecil B. DeMille
Jens Mons in America
1947as Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945as Self
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942as Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942as Cecil B. DeMille
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942as Self
North West Mounted Police
1940as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Movies March On
1939as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935as Cecil B. DeMille
The Hollywood You Never See
1934as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Free and Easy
1930as Director Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Estrellados
1930as Self (Guest Appearance)
Madam Satan
1930as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Circus: Premiere
1928as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927as Self
Hollywood
1923as Cecil B. DeMille
A Trip to Paramountown
1922as Self
The Squaw Man
1914as Faro Dealer
Crew (180)
Movies (180)
The Buccaneer
1958Executive Producer
The Buccaneer
1958Producer
The Ten Commandments
1956Director
The Ten Commandments
1956Producer
The War of the Worlds
1953Executive Producer
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952Director
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952Producer
Samson and Delilah
1949Director
Samson and Delilah
1949Producer
Unconquered
1947Director
Unconquered
1947Producer
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944Director
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944Producer
Reap the Wild Wind
1942Director
Reap the Wild Wind
1942Producer
North West Mounted Police
1940Director
North West Mounted Police
1940Producer
Land of Liberty
1939Editor
Union Pacific
1939Director
Union Pacific
1939Producer
The Buccaneer
1938Director
The Buccaneer
1938Producer
The Plainsman
1936Director
The Plainsman
1936Producer
The Crusades
1935Director
Cleopatra
1934Director
Cleopatra
1934Producer
Four Frightened People
1934Director
Four Frightened People
1934Producer
This Day and Age
1933Director
This Day and Age
1933Producer
The Sign of the Cross
1932Director
The Sign of the Cross
1932Producer
The Squaw Man
1931Director
Madam Satan
1930Director
Madam Satan
1930Producer
Dynamite
1929Director
The Godless Girl
1928Director
The Godless Girl
1928Producer
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
1928Executive Producer
White Gold
1927Producer
Vanity
1927Producer
The King of Kings
1927Director
The King of Kings
1927Producer
The Fighting Eagle
1927Producer
The Angel of Broadway
1927Producer
Silence
1926Producer
Whispering Smith
1926Producer
The Volga Boatman
1926Director
The Volga Boatman
1926Producer
Red Dice
1926Presenter
The Cruise of the Jasper B
1926Producer
The Road to Yesterday
1925Director
The Golden Bed
1925Director
The Wedding Song
1925Producer
The Dressmaker from Paris
1925Supervising Producer
Triumph
1924Director
Triumph
1924Producer
Feet of Clay
1924Director
Feet of Clay
1924Producer
Adam's Rib
1923Director
Adam's Rib
1923Producer
The Ten Commandments
1923Director
The Ten Commandments
1923Producer
Saturday Night
1922Director
Saturday Night
1922Producer
Manslaughter
1922Director
Fool's Paradise
1921Director
Forbidden Fruit
1921Director
Forbidden Fruit
1921Producer
Forbidden Fruit
1921Story
The Affairs of Anatol
1921Director
Why Change Your Wife?
1920Director
Why Change Your Wife?
1920Producer
Something to Think About
1920Director
Something to Think About
1920Producer
Male and Female
1919Director
Male and Female
1919Producer
For Better, for Worse
1919Director
Don't Change Your Husband
1919Director
The Squaw Man
1918Director
The Whispering Chorus
1918Director
We Can't Have Everything
1918Director
We Can't Have Everything
1918Editor
Till I Come Back to You
1918Director
Old Wives for New
1918Director
Old Wives for New
1918Editor
Old Wives for New
1918Producer
The Woman God Forgot
1917Director
The Woman God Forgot
1917Editor
The Woman God Forgot
1917Producer
Betty to the Rescue
1917General Manager
The Little American
1917Director
The Little American
1917Editor
The Little American
1917Producer
The Little American
1917Writer
The Devil Stone
1917Director
Nan of Music Mountain
1917Director
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917Director
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917Editor
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917Producer
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917Writer
Lost and Won
1917Producer
Joan the Woman
1916Director
Joan the Woman
1916Editor
Joan the Woman
1916Producer
The Dream Girl
1916Director
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916Director
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916Producer
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916Story
The Heart of Nora Flynn
1916Director
Maria Rosa
1916Director
The Love Mask
1916Writer
The Wild Goose Chase
1915Director
The Girl of the Golden West
1915Director
The Girl of the Golden West
1915Producer
The Girl of the Golden West
1915Writer
The Captive
1915Director
The Captive
1915Editor
The Captive
1915Producer
The Captive
1915Writer
The Arab
1915Director
The Arab
1915Producer
The Arab
1915Writer
Kindling
1915Director
Kindling
1915Producer
Kindling
1915Writer
The Cheat
1915Director
The Cheat
1915Editor
The Cheat
1915Producer
Carmen
1915Director
Carmen
1915Editor
Carmen
1915Producer
The Golden Chance
1915Director
The Golden Chance
1915Editor
The Golden Chance
1915Producer
The Golden Chance
1915Story
The Unafraid
1915Director
The Unafraid
1915Story
After Five
1915Director
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915Director
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915Editor
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915Producer
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915Writer
The Warrens of Virginia
1915Director
The Warrens of Virginia
1915Producer
Temptation
1915Director
Temptation
1915Editor
Chimmie Fadden
1915Director
Chimmie Fadden
1915Editor
Chimmie Fadden
1915Producer
Chimmie Fadden
1915Writer
The Rose of the Rancho
1914Director
The Rose of the Rancho
1914Editor
The Rose of the Rancho
1914Writer
The Man From Home
1914Director
The Man From Home
1914Editor
The Man From Home
1914Producer
The Man From Home
1914Writer
The Only Son
1914Director
The Master Mind
1914Director
The Call of the North
1914Director
The Man on the Box
1914Director
The Squaw Man
1914Director
The Squaw Man
1914Producer
The Squaw Man
1914Writer
Brewster's Millions
1914Director
Brewster's Millions
1914Producer
What's His Name
1914Director
What's His Name
1914Editor
What's His Name
1914Producer
What's His Name
1914Writer
The Ghost Breaker
1914Director
The Ghost Breaker
1914Producer
The Ghost Breaker
1914Writer
The Virginian
1914Director
The Virginian
1914Editor
Lord Chumley
1914Theatre Play
Ready Money
1914Writer
The Circus Man
1914Writer
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